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How to Bless Each Other: Poet and Philosopher John O’Donohue on the Light Within Us and Between Us
How to Bless Each Other: Poet and Philosopher John O’Donohue on the Light Within Us and Between Us

“The structures of our experience are the windows into the divine. When we are true to the call of experience, we are true to God.”

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In the Dark: A Lyrical Illustrated Invitation to Find the Light Behind the Fear
In the Dark: A Lyrical Illustrated Invitation to Find the Light Behind the Fear

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Alone Together: An Illustrated Celebration of the Art of Shared Solitude
Alone Together: An Illustrated Celebration of the Art of Shared Solitude

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Necessary Losses: The Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go
Necessary Losses: The Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go

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Turning from Peril to Possibility: Ecological Superhero Christiana Figueres on the Spirituality of Regeneration
Turning from Peril to Possibility: Ecological Superhero Christiana Figueres on the Spirituality of Regeneration

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Poetic Ecology and the Biology of Wonder
Poetic Ecology and the Biology of Wonder

“The real disconnect is not between our human nature and all the other beings; it is between our image of our nature and our real nature.”

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The Mind in the Machine: John von Neumann, the Inception of AI, and the Limits of Logic
The Mind in the Machine: John von Neumann, the Inception of AI, and the Limits of Logic

“Something very small, so tiny and insignificant as to be almost invisible in its origin, can nonetheless open up a new and radiant perspective, because through it a higher order of being is trying to express itself.”

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The Necessity of Our Illusions: Oliver Sacks on the Mind as an Escape Artist from Reality
The Necessity of Our Illusions: Oliver Sacks on the Mind as an Escape Artist from Reality

“We need detachment… as much as we need engagement in our lives… transports that make our consciousness of time and mortality easier to bear.”

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A Tender Illustrated Celebration of the Many Languages of Love
A Tender Illustrated Celebration of the Many Languages of Love

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The Work of Wonder: Phillip Glass on Art, Science, and the Most Important Quality of a Visionary
The Work of Wonder: Phillip Glass on Art, Science, and the Most Important Quality of a Visionary

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